Blind Big Brother star Mikey Hughes has told how members of the public “probably saved my life” after he fell on to a railway track shortly before a train was due to arrive.
Scot Mikey, a hit on the TV reality show 16 years ago, was left dazed on the track at Hyndland station in Glasgow before two heroes came to the rescue. He said: “It was a miracle I was not killed.”
Mikey, who uses a white stick and is registered blind, had been travelling to Partick station on Monday but got off at the wrong station. After getting off the train, he tried to feel for a wall at the back of the platform with his stick.
But as he was at the wrong station, there was no wall and he tumbled from the platform on to the track. Mikey, 48, who has been commuting independently by public transport for years, said he became confused after mishearing a Tannoy on the train due to his ear defenders.
He said: “I was on my way to Partick to cash in a bet after the first Big Brother eviction. I’d staked fifty on Ryan to go and was due to pick up £75 so was feeling pretty good. The Tannoy said something about approaching the station and I thought we had arrived at Partick and got off.
“There’s normally a wall beside the track at the station and when I put my cane in the air to touch it, I couldn’t find it. I walked across the concourse and fell on to the tracks. Luckily, two passenger’s rushed over and helped me to get myself up before the next train came. It was a miracle I was not killed.”
Mikey has reached out to thank the two passers-by who rushed to his aid without fear for their own safety and left him with paramedics. He added: “I have been hobbling like a baddie in a James Bond movie but I’m keen to not let it put me off travelling on my own again and I plan to go a lot slower, and let people help me in future.
“I’ll make sure I keep my cane on the ground next time, rather than waving it about like a Harry Potter wand and I won’t always keep my ear defenders on now. It sure was a near-death experience.”
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